Attachment for liquid and gaseous burners



H. L. BEACH.

A T TACHMENT FOR LIQUID AND GASEOUS BURNERS.

APPLICATION FILED ocnzs. 1919.

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ATTACHMENT FOR LIQUID AND GASEOUS BURNERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed October 23, 1919. Serial No. 332,673.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY L. BEACH, a citizenof the United States, residing at Montrose, in the county of Susquehannaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Liquid and Gaseous Burners, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in heatingattach ments for liquid and gaseous burmng stoves and particularly tostoves of the oil-burning type, said attachment serving as a hot airhood or drum and having means for supporting a fabric or other sh'eetforming a canopy or means for concentrating; the hot air and directingthe same downwardly upon the limbs of a person sitting in front of thestove, said sheet or canopy adapted to more or less envelop the part ofthe body to be warmed.

The essential object of the present invention is to provide a simple andrelatively inexpensive hot-air hood or drum adapted for attachment to anordinary oil or gasburning stove and being open at the front or suppliedwith one or more side openings for the lateral or horizontal delivery ofthe heated air, said hood or drum having a part serving as an extensionof the open-side adapted to form a support for a flexible sheet. whichmay be of paper, cotton, or other material, or a blanket or the like,which hangs loosely in front of the stove and may he made to cover orenvelop the limbs of a person, whereby the heated air entering the hoodor drum will not be dis sipated throughout the room, but will bedirected downwardly upon and about the limbs and feet of a personsitting adjacent the stove, and subjecting them to added warmth, thearrangementheing such that a uniform and comfortable temperature may hemaintained about the lower extremities of a person even when the wick ofthe usual oil burning stove, for instance, is turned down relativelylow.

lVith the above and other objects in view, my invention consists of theparts, and the constructions, arrangements and combination of partsforming the heating-drum at-= tachment which I will hereinafter describeand claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification and inwhich similar reference characters indicate like parts in the severalviews:

Figure is a perspective view showing my invention in use on anoil-burning stove.

Fig. 2 1s a perspective view of the hood or drum detached.

Figs. 3 and 3 illustrate modified forms of heating hood or drum which Iwill hereinafter describe.

it is generally recognized that during the early autumn and spring theevening and early morning temperatures in many parts of the countryrequire the use of some heat to maintain the ordinary dwellings at atemperature which is comfortable to the occupants. If the furnaces ofthe dwellings are started, they often heat the house, especlally in themiddle of the day, to such an extent as to render the heat more or lessuncomfortable. Because of the conditions mentioned, it is now more orless common practice to resort to the use of portable oilburning stoves,gas-heaters and the like for the purpose of raising the temperature ofrooms which are too chilly for comfort; A grave objection to suchheaters is, however, that the heat is radiated into the room and is soondissipated and consequently long continued use of the heater and a highcon sumption of, fuel are essentials to a comfortable room temperature.Another objection to the existing-devices such as I have mentioned, isthat the heat thus dissipated into a room usually ascends to the upperportion thereof while the lower extremities of the occupants of therooms are subjected to the cold drafts existing near the floor and hencethe lower portions of the body of the occupants are subject to atemperature which is most uncomfortable to many persons, especially theaged and infirm and young children. By the device which I will nowdescribe, I overcome the foregoingobjections and provide means wherebythe heated air arising from the stoveor heater may be concentrated anddischarged'upon and above the limbs and feet of a sitting occupant, thussuitable material and of any suitable and desired configuration. Asshown, the hood or drum has depending sides and is open at the bottomand frontg'by frontI mean that side of the drum which is nearest anoccupant sitting adjacent the stove. @n its other sides and top, thehood or drum is closed, but if desired the drum may be made with otheropenings in which case two or more persons will be able to obtain thebenefit of the hot air collected in the hood or drum. Where a singleside is open, as in fFig. 1, the opposite side of the hood or drum willbe closed and it may be given a curved shape to conform more or less tothe cylinder of the stove with which the drum is used.

T he hood or drum, B, is designed. to be supported a short distance, saythree or four inches, above the top of the stove, and its dependingsides pass down over and substantially inclose the upper portion of thestove. To maintain the hood or drum in this position, it may use anyappropriate support; the bent legs, 6, one of which only appears in Fig.1, will be found weil suited 1 for the purposementioned. From theforegoing description, it will be understood that heated air given offby the stove, or burner, will be collected in the hood or drum and thendelivered into the room through the open front or side of said hood ordrum.

In order to direct accumulating hot air upon and about the iimbs andfeet of an occupant using the stove, it provide the top of the hood ordrum with a part which may be extended somewhat as a horizontal shelfover the open front. This enuension may be in the form of an arm, C,which may be bowed upwardly and having a cross-bar, c, at its free end.The arm will thus be substantially T -shaped when viewed from above. Oneend of the arm, C. is riveted to 55 the top of the hood or drum aboutmidwa of the front edge of the open side whereby the arm may beswunghorizontally from a position over the hood or drum to one in advance ofthe open front. The arm thus forms a support for a newspaper, sheet orcloth, blanket or other fabric which when draped over "the arm falls infolds like a canopy or inclosurc and may be tucked about the limbs ofthe occupant so as to memes wholly or partially inclose the latter in azone into which the heat generated by the light-ed stove will bedirected, and the in closed parts of the body thus kept comfortably warmeven when the usu wick of the stove is turned down. to relatively a lowpoint. Heat thus concentrated may be secured at a minimum xpenditure ofoil or fuel and substantially the full heat value of the stove may beutilized at the point most desired.

instead of using a riveted and somewhat elevated arm as the support forthe sheet, blanket or other piece of fabric, the front dge of the hoodmay be provided with a hinged, slidable or other-movable extension orsheif, C, C (Figs. 3 and 3), which will serve to conduct the hot airfarther away from the stove for the comfort of a person who may bereading, writing or otherwise occupied. In such a case the fabric sheetmay or may not be used. in either of the described instances, i am ableto concentrate the hot air arising from the stove or heater and directthe same to the part of the body to be warmed instead of having the heatdissipated throughout the room where much of its value is lost becauseof the large area to be heated, aside from the length of time and theamount of fuel necessary toraise the temperature of the same to anyconsiderableextent.

The rear portion of the hood may be supplied with appropriate agenciesto enthe sheet of fabric, or canopy, to more effectively retain the samein its proper position on the hood when being used by one or morepersons. Any device suitable for this purpose may be employed and oneinstance of the same may take the form of hooks, a, as shown. luvenwithout the fabric sheet the hood will concentrate and dis charge thehot air at the point indicated at the open side.

iiaving thus described'my invention what i claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1 1. A heating'hood adapted to be supportedon a heater and having an open side and an extension serving as asupport for a sheet of flexible material. said .hood having means forengaging the sheet and said sheet adapted as an inclosure for the limbsof an occupant sitting: adjacent the heater.

2. A. heating-drum attachment for a liquid or. gaseous burning stove,said attachment consisting of a hood having means for removablysupporting the same on the stove,

said hood being closed on the top and having depending; sides at leastone of which is open, and a member movably connected to the open side ofthe hood adapted to extend in front thereof and to serve as a support orhanger for a separate sheet. of flexible material, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

3. The combination with a liquid or gaseous burning stove, of a hoodhaving means 5 for supporting the same on the stove, said hood havingpendent sides and closed top, one of said sides being open, said openside having a hinged member adapted to be extended in front of the hoodto serve as a. support for a separate flexible covering 10 Which formssubstantially an inclosure for the heated air delivered from the drum.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HENRY L. BEACH.

